Maps with a scale of 1:250,000

On a global/ international/ world scale

on a large scale в большом/ промышленном масштабе

On a scale of 1 to 10

The earthquake measured 7 on the Richter scale

(be // to be made/ drawn/ reproduced) to scale (of a map, drawing, or model) (= in the same proportions as in the true size) в масштабе, с соблюдением масштаба

SCARCELY adv. ¹ scarce;=едва, почти (не); едва ли; see also hardly

scarcely (at the beginning of a sentence) + auxiliary / modal verb /be + subject = эмфатическая конструкция (see also hardly)

scarcely … when едва… как; лишь только… как

SCHOOL n. 1) школа; занятия; обучение

the School of + area of activity (the Impressionist school of painting; the Perkins School of Ballroom Dancing)

finish school BrE / graduate from high school AmE

graduate school n. (= esp. AmE a department in a university or college where postgraduate students are taught studying for a Master’s or PhD degree)

high school BrE ¹ высшая школа (= a school for children aged between eleven and eighteen; AmE a school for children usu. aged between fourteen and eighteen); see also education

leave school 1) бросить школу; 2) окончить школу

night school (= evening classes)

primary school (= BrE a school for children between the ages of 5 and 11; elementary school AmE)

public school (= 1) In Britain, a public school is a private school that provides secondary education which parents have to pay for. The pupils often live at the school during the school term; 2) In the United States, Australia, and many other countries, a public school is a school that is supported financially by the government and usu. provides free education)

secondary school (= a school for pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18)

special school BrE (= a school for children who have some kind of serious physical or mental problem)

state school BrE (= a school that is controlled and funded by the government or a local authority, and which children can attend without having to pay; public school AmE)

was/ were at school with sb ходил(и) в одну и ту же школу/ вместе ходил(и) в школу

2) факультет; отделение; see also chair; department; faculty; subdepartment; university

Each of the University’s six faculties is comprised of a number of schools, some of which, in turn, are further divided into departments or divisions. (The University of Nottingham)

The academic structure of the University of Manchester is made up of Faculties and Schools.

3) косяк/ стая (рыб), стадо (китов)

a school of whales/ fish/ dolphins

v. обучать, натаскивать; приучать (к чему-л.); тренировать; воспитывать; дрессировать

school sb (in sth)

School sb/ sth (to do sth)

science ['saIqns] – scientist ['saIqntIst] – scientific ["saIqn'tIfIk]

SCOPE n. 1) масштаб, объем, охват; содержание, сфера, кругозор

beyond/ outside the scope (of sth) за пределами (чего-л.)

within the scope of sth в рамках (чего-л.)

2) возможности, простор

′ second ¹ n. секунда

′ second ² num. второй

second + прилагательное в форме превосходной степени (the second largest / biggest / most important, etc.) второй по…

second-best второго сорта

adv. во-вторых

SEE (saw, seen) v. видеть, смотреть, наблюдать (C. Subj. / C. Obj., not in cont. tenses; but see also to be seeing); понимать (C. Subj; not in cont. tenses)

see sb to + place провожать, сопровождать кого-л. куда-л.

period of time + sees/ saw + particu lar change / event (= it takes place during that period of time) быть временем совершения чего-л.

see sb/ sth off = 1) to see sb off to go with sb to the station, airport or port that sb is leaving from, and be present there to say goodbye to sb;

2) to see sb off (sth) to force sb to leave a place; 3) to see sb/ sth off infml to defeat sb/ sth and stop them from competing against you

see sb/ sth do sth (the whole action; wrong: to seesb / sth be); but: to see sb/ sth doing sth (part of the action)

See sth with one’s own eyes

see sth with the naked eye … невооруженным глазом

see to sth/ sb // to see to it that + clause (= to attend to; to deal with sth or do sth for sb) следить, присматривать за чем-л./ кем-л., позаботиться о чём-л./ ком-л.

see you (later/ soon/ around) (= I’ll meet you) Увидимся/ Пока!

be seeing sb [= 1) to have an arranged meeting with sb; 2) (I’ll) be seeing you! infml (used for saying goodbye to sb you know, when you are not sure when you will see them again); 3) to spend time with sb; 4) to be having a romantic or sexual relationship with sb; 5) to be seeing things to imagine that you see sth which is not really there]

I see понятно, ясно

we ’ ll see посмотрим

you see видите ли

SEEM   v. казаться; по-видимому + сказуемое (not in cont. tenses; C. Subj.; to appear)

seem ingly adv. по-видимому

SEIZE [si:z] v. ¹ cease; = схватить; захватывать, завладевать; воспользоваться